GEAR HUNGRY“This wheeled combination cooler takes the party anywhere, or rather, it is the party.”

WHAT IS THE COOLEST?

The goal of the 'Coolest' is to make it easier to have more fun anywhere with family and friends. Nothing draws a crowd like cold-blended drinks and good music! The 'Coolest' is the world’s first portable party cooler with a built-in ice-crushing blender, Bluetooth speakers to stream your music, in-cooler lighting, and adjustable tie-downs to help carry all your stuff.

The ‘Coolest’ is just getting started where your typical beverage cooler ends. Whether you're tailgating, camping, RV'ing or enjoying a picnic at the park, the 'Coolest' is a must-have accessory for food, drinks and tunes. Check out these NEVER SEEN before features on the COOLEST:

BATTERY POWERED BLENDER

Nothing is more refreshing on a hot day than a cold, blended drink. This 18-volt powerhouse blender can blend ice, fruit, smoothies and cocktails ALL DAY LONG on a single charge.

Outdoor gatherings and sports events are more fun with blended drinks. The 'Coolest' has you covered with the push-of-a-button.

REMOVABLE BLUETOOTH SPEAKERS

If life is supposed to be a party, then you better bring the music. You’re gathered around the cooler anyway, but now you can DJ the music right from your phone or Bluetooth-enabled device directly to your 'Coolest'. Just turn your phone on, match it with the 'Coolest' speaker, and rock out with your bad self.

GEAR-CARRYING BUNGEE TIE-DOWN

Carrying your gear to and from your destination can be a hassle, and your old cooler isn’t doing you any favors.

The 'Coolest's' locking tie-downs are like having a roof-rack on your cooler so three trips can be done in one. Easily secure your lawn chairs, blankets, towels, toys, fishing tackle, or grill.

LED LIGHT IN THE LID

The party doesn’t stop just because the sun goes down, and you shouldn’t have to freeze your fingers searching endlessly for your favorite drink.

The ‘Coolest’ has LED lights embedded in the lid so you easily find what you’re looking for. LED lights last forever, and ours turn on or off with the push of a button.

You’ll never have to ask for or lose another bottle opener again. Finally.

CUSTOM COLORS

Decorate your 'Coolest' to match your style by choosing of any four of our 36 colors. The permanent, durable, waterproof decals make the 'Coolest' as cool as you can imagine. Pick the colors that complement your tailgate, your RV or your beach chairs - customize your own 'Coolest' today.

PORTABLE GRILL

Nothing goes better with cold drinks than hot food, so I worked really hard to locate and customize an AWESOME portable GRILL to pair with the 'Coolest'.

The GRILL locks onto the top of the lid of the 'Coolest' for easy transport to your party, then pops off easily and can sit evenly on any surface you want -- put the GRILL on your tailgate, on your patio, or on the grass or table at the park.

Check out the video below and see this dual-burner, stainless steel, 20,000BTU portable GRILL in action:

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THE STORY

I’m always looking to maximize my fun when I get together with my family and friends. That’s why I am so passionate about the COOLEST. I invent lots of things, but honestly very few have brought so much fun to my life.

As of today, there’s only one 'Coolest' in the world. It lives in my garage and has a very full social calendar. We've been tailgating all fall and lounging on the beach all summer. I’m hoping the Kickstarter community can help me change that so we can get you a 'Coolest' of your own.

I know firsthand how much fun it is to have a cooler with speakers, and a portable blender for beachside margaritas, because I built myself one of each around ten years ago. This year I reexamined these well-loved creations and realized just how much room for improvement there was. The 'Coolest' is the traditional cooler completely re-imagined and supercharged, and the reactions have been overwhelmingly positive.

I’m not new to product development. I’ve licensed and co-licensed over
a half dozen inventions, and I’ve developed, manufactured and successfully
brought two products to market on my own.

To take the 'Coolest' from my house to yours, I really do need
your help. Your support will help me finalize the specs and begin
manufacturing. I know I can deliver for you.

Thank you so much in advance. This is going to be so fun.
That’s all I want – to bring a little more fun to your next outdoor gathering!

FROM MY BACKYARD TO YOURS

The traditional
manufacturing and launch timeline for a product of this size and complexity
would be almost a year and a half. Frankly
that just won’t do and I know you don’t want to wait any longer than absolutely
necessary. Luckily, I have experience
fast-tracking other products to market

Here’s what
I’m doing to streamline the process and cut that timeline to just 8 months.

Our CAD models are already designed, and we have sourcing
redundancies for each major component.

We are working with a leading manufacturing design firm and
have developed a strategic partnership with the category leader in commercial
manufacturing to make the 'Coolest'… well, the coolest!

With your support we will complete the pre-manufacturing
phase and begin fulfilling YOUR orders.

We are close
but we still need your help to:

Optimize
our design for manufacturability with help from our preferred and
highly-renowned industrial design firm

Pay for
blow-molding and injection molding tooling, a very expensive one-time
cost

We want you to
have your ‘Coolest’ before next tailgating season. Here’s our plan to achieve
that:

November/December:
Make lots of new Kickstarter friends

January:
Final design and engineering revisions for production and engage our supply
chain partners

February: Build
and test the production prototype, and finalize the plan and process for
full-scale manufacturing plan

March: Finalize
the engineering and prototype iterations and place the tooling orders

April / May: Tooling build-out and procurement of raw materials and
components

August:
Finalize the assembly and shipment process and begin fulfillment, yay! Celebrate with our team around our COOLEST as
we look at photos all over the web of people enjoying their own 'Coolest'. Thanks everyone!

READY, SET, PARTY!

This is where you come in.If we
can reach our investment goal of $125,000, then we can bring the ‘Coolest’ to
everyone’s backyard, beach party, sporting event, race day…you get the
point.

Still searching for a perfect gift idea? All rewards come with a printable poster for easy Holiday
gift giving, and a link to a special “You’re the Coolest” gift opening
video. Remember, when you give the ‘Coolest’
Kickstarter you’ll get twice the thank-you’s of any other gift! Once this holiday season, and again next
August… waaaaaay better than a sweater vest!!

Rechargeable,
removable Bluetooth music player
capable of operating for over 8 hours per charge, while streaming music from up
to 50 feet away

High
strength, locking bungee tie-down

Virtually unbreakable LED lighting recessed and
waterproof in the lid

Built in bottle-top opener

Fully customizable color skins, available in 36
colors choices

60 quart, hard sided, rolling cooler (20% larger
than my prototype)

Reinforced,
easy rolling wheels

PORTABLE GRILL OPTION

Dual burner

Stainless steel

20,000 btu

Risks and challenges

No one wants to see a good idea executed poorly, so I have worked extremely hard to ready this product for Kickstarter and full-scale manufacturing and fulfillment. I spent the last several months sourcing components and interviewing potential manufacturers. Throughout this project I’ll be using my experience, as well as a pool of experts in the field to make sure the COOLEST lives up to it’s name.

MANUFACTURING: Creating the tooling to manufacture a product of this size is expensive and requires expert knowledge to get it right. The instant the campaign hits its funding goal, I’ll begin work with one of the top industrial design firms. We’ll refine the prototype in preparation for production tooling and molds.

PRODUCT ADJUSTMENTS: As the COOLEST gets geared up for production, there will inevitably be some adjustments to improve the product. These will always be for the benefit of you, the consumer, and we will let you know exactly how and why we chose to improve the product.

FULFILLMENT: Sometimes things go awry that can’t be planned for: a supplier misses a deadline, a machine breaks down, or a shipment gets lost. Those things could cause a delay. To minimize the possibility of manufacturing setbacks I’m working with a world-renowned team of product commercialization experts to ensure smooth sailing from our suppliers and factories.

We will be working with manufacturers who have years of experience delivering excellent products in tremendous quantities. There will no doubt be some surprises along the road, but any obstacle will be addressed by combining our internal knowledge with external expertise, and an overall goal of making the best possible product, for our ‘Coolest’ customer.

Any pledge amount brings us one step closer to our goal. Help us make the coolest idea the coolest product by clicking the ‘Back This Project’ button at the top of the page, or by helping us spread the word by 'liking' our page.

Last thought...

We raise a red solo cup of blended goodness in your honor, and say THANK YOU!

Support

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BEACH CLUB: Your support at this level helps us take our next steps and increase the odds of seeing the COOLEST in the real world soon - on a beach, at a picnic, or rocking a tailgate near you. We’ll thank you on our support page, and we’ll send you exclusive backer updates and #CoolestParty destinations. Thank you!

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COOLEST FLASK: You'll get my favorite flask ever, customized with our COOLEST logo. This 8 oz leather wrapped beauty has a collapsible shot glass built right into the side! You'll also get the the COOLEST Guides, all our updates and a double-shot of gratitude from me!

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COOLEST EARLY BIRD: Get your very own COOLEST, complete with blender, a Bluetooth music player, and all our other awesome features. You will be saving at least $125 off of the retail price. (Just watch people flock to your gathering when you're the only one with a powered blender and thumping music!). You'll also get the the COOLEST Guides and all our updates.

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CUSTOM COLOR COOLEST!: Pimp your COOLEST! Make it your own style by choosing from four custom color decals. The permanent easy-to-adhere decals make the COOLEST pop in any four-color scheme you want. You'll also get the COOLEST Guides and all our updates.

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Pledge $225 or more
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COOLEST WITH INTERNATIONAL SHIPPING: The world is a big place and until I perfect my transporter there is a large and varied cost to ship big boxes to foreign places. If you want a COOLEST or GRILL or other reward, first take a look at Fedex.com/ratefinder and check rates for a 30lb box from zip 44202 to your house. If the cost makes sense for you, add up the total of the reward level you want and your estimated shipping cost. Enjoy the first COOLEST in Dubai!

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Pledge $395 or more
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TAILGATER SUPREME: Get your very own custom-color COOLEST, PLUS a customized portable dual-burner propane GRILL that locks into the COOLEST lid for easy transport. The GRILL pops off easily and can sit evenly on any surface you want – Hot food + Cold Blended Drinks = Party Success. You'll also get the COOLEST Guides, all our updates and free US shipping.

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Pledge $895 or more
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COOLEST INVENTOR TRAINING: You’ll get your very own custom color COOLEST, the customized dual-burner propane GRILL, and IN-DEPTH TRAINING on everything I learn from this campaign and have learned from launching several successful inventions in the marketplace. There is a science in taking the idea from your head and getting it onto store shelves (or onto Kickstarter!). At this level, you get the COOLEST and the GRILL, PLUS my online training course for inventors called "Inventors Blueprint," ($997) which explains how to create, develop, and market your idea. I'll also send you my entire well-documented Kickstarter process, including videos on how we strategized, shot video, designed our Kickstarter campaign, and launched it all. If you've ever wanted to invent a product or get it funded, manufactured, and out into the world, this is for you.
(Access in January, Kickstarter lessons learned ready by March, COOLEST goodies ship in August) International shipping will vary by location-see above

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Pledge $3,000 or more
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COOLEST BARTENDER: I will PERSONALLY fly out to your hometown and man your bar at your next event with the only COOLEST fully-functional prototype in the world. If you want to tailgate or host an event with the COOLEST before we’re available to anyone else, then this reward is for you. I make incredible drinks, grill a mean burger, and dogs and kids like me. I'd love to meet you and thank you for your support in this campaign by making your next party incredible. You also get your very own custom color COOLEST, the customized dual-burner propane GRILL, my IN-DEPTH TRAINING for inventors, and the "The COOLEST Blended Drinks Guide" and the "Outdoor Party Gear Guide."

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Pledge $5,000 or more
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COOLEST DAY WITH ME AND #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR BRENDON BURCHARD: Spend a full day discussing product creation and marketing with myself and my good friend Brendon Burchard, the highest-paid marketing trainer and online strategist in the world. Brendon is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of "The Millionaire Messenger," he runs an 8-figure online business, and Larry King calls him "one of the top motivation and marketing trainers in the world." Brendon and I will spend a full day with you strategizing the creation and launch of your next product. Brendon's daily fee is ten times this amount, and you also get your own COOLEST with custom GRILL, so you're getting a pretty sweet deal. Brendon can't cook, so I'll man the grill; but to make up for it Brendon will host your day at his multi-million-dollar vacation home in Oregon's stunning Columbia River Gorge. Ground transportation is handled by us, but your travel to/from Portland, Oregon and any hotel accommodations not included.

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Pledge $7,500 or more
About $7,500

COOLEST DAY WITH ME AND #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR BRENDON BURCHARD: The $5k pledge level above with #1 New York Times bestselling author Brendon Burchard SOLD OUT in less than three hours!!! By popular demand, we are doing a second day with Brendon, with just 10 people. Sorry if you missed it, but to be fair to our awesome first-movers this second day will be at different pledge level, at $7,500 for the day with me and Brendon, but we did come up with an extra surprise you'll get at the event :). We'll all spend a full day together and we'll still spend time one-on-one discussing product creation and marketing for your idea. Brendon's daily fee is five times this amount anyway, and you still also get your own COOLEST with custom GRILL. Brendon will host this incredible group at his multi-million-dollar vacation home in Oregon's stunning Columbia River Gorge. Ground transportation is handled by us, but your travel to/from Portland, Oregon and any hotel accommodations not included. Estimated delivery: Apr 2014